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Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after read more
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I read more
At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?
Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it read more
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.
To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score read more
To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser.
The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the read more
The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. -Helen Rowland.
Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.
Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.